# entusiasta
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ən.tu.ziˈas.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [en.tu.ziˈas.ta]

### Adjective

entusiasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural entusiastes)
* enthusiastic
    Synonym: entusiàstic

### Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastes)
* enthusiast

### Related terms

* entusiasme

### Further reading

* “entusiasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “entusiasta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “entusiasta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “entusiasta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs); compare French enthousiaste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /en.tuˈzja.sta/
* Rhymes: -asta
* Hyphenation: en‧tu‧sià‧sta
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

entusiasta (masculine plural entusiasti, feminine plural entusiaste)
* enthusiastic
    Synonym: entusiastico

### Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (masculine plural entusiasti, feminine plural entusiaste)
* enthusiast

#### Related terms

* entusiasmo
* entusiastico

### Further reading

* entusiasta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* attenuassi

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* enthusiasta (obsolete)

### Etymology

From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “to be inspired or possessed by a god”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈaʃ.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈaʃ.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈaʃ.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈaʃ.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.ta/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.ta], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.ta/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.ta/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.ta], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: en‧tu‧si‧as‧ta

### Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)
* enthusiast (person filled with or guided by enthusiasm)

### Adjective

entusiasta m or f (plural entusiastas)
* characterised by enthusiasm
    Synonyms: ardoroso, entusiasmado

#### Related terms

* entusiasmado
* entusiasmador
* entusiasmante
* entusiasmar
* entusiasmável
* entusiasmo
* entusiasticamente
* entusiástico

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin enthūsiasta, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “inspired”). See entusiasmo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /entuˈsjasta/ [ẽn̪.t̪uˈsjas.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -asta
* Syllabification: en‧tu‧sias‧ta

### Adjective

entusiasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural entusiastas)
* enthusiastic
    Synonyms: entusiasmado, entusiástico

### Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)
* enthusiast

#### Related terms

* entusiasmar
* entusiasmo

### Further reading

* “entusiasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10